Historically Tyrants Have Used These Techniques to Damage The Media

Donald J. Trump the 45th President of the United States

WRITTEN by Michael Corthell

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, ensuring that there is no prohibition on the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble, or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.

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The techniques all tyrants use:

Denigrate and make fun the media. On November 21, 2016, then President-elect Donald Trump called over 24 television news reporters and executives to the Trump Tower. They including Lester Holt, Charlie Rose, George Stephanopoulos, and Wolf Blitzer. He strongly criticized them over their negative reporting during the 2016 presidential election.

Put media on a 'blacklist'. Then President-elect Donald Trump maintained a blacklist of news outlets. He has refused to grant them media credentials. On November 22, 2016 he cancelled a meeting with the New York Times.

Turn the public opinion against major press outlets. Then President-elect Donald Trump refered to journalists as 'dishonest,' 'disgusting' and 'scumbags.' He Tweets that the New York Times has lost ''thousands of subscribers" because of their very poor and highly inaccurate coverage of the 'the Trump phenomenon.' (The Times added 41,000 net paid subscriptions in the week after the election.)

Threaten the press. President-elect Donald Trump says he'll ''open up our libel laws, so when they write purposely negative and 'horrible and false articles', we can sue them and win lots of money.''

Deny media access to themselves. President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t had a news conference since July 2016. He has blocked the media from traveling with him, or knowing whom he’s meeting with. (His phone call with Vladimir Putin was first reported by the Russian government.)

Establish their own alternative press outlets. President Donald Trump sends messages through, and has the ear of Breitbart News and Fox News.

Ignore the press and communicate with the public directly. Then President-elect Donald Trump uses tweets and videos. The word 'media' comes from 'intermediate' between newsmakers and the public. Trump wants to eliminate the media.

A free and independent press is absolutely essential to a free people. Even before he became president, Donald Trump was out to change and thereby dilute the First Amendment.

(Is this what America needs right now or ever?)

He, like all tyrants warns his prey first. It's an evil entity's greatest joy.

Even though Donald J. Trump was ordained by God to rule America (as a judgement and to make a point), any support for this man is inexplicable and inexcusable. 

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